Weed-turning attachment to plows



G. C.v FANNING.

WEED TURNINGv ATTACHMENT T0 PLOWS. .APPLlCATlON FILED FEB. 20,1917;RENEWED JAN, 4. 1921.

Patented May 31,1921.

untran- STA GROVER C. FANNING, 0F WICHITA; KANSAS.

WEED-TURNING ATTACHMENT TO FLOWS;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ma -31, 1921.

Applicationfiled February 20, 1917, Serial No. 149,833. Renewed January4,1921. Serial in; 435,011.

of a tillage implement, and it consists in the novel combination andcorrelation of parts substantially as hereinafter described andparticularly pointed out in the subjoined claims."

Oneof the important purposes of the present invention is to provide ameans of simple and. economical construction adapted to afford a maximumnumber of adjustments of the weed turning member in aneconomicalandjfacile way, the adjustments 'including the fixing of themember in its various positionslto turn or bend vegetablegrowth in thepath traversed by the member in its movement with the implementto whichit is applied. v

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ordinary walkingtplow' providedvwith a weed turner constructed in accordance with this invention; 1

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the'members by which the weed turning member isadjustably connectedto an appropriate part ofa tillage implement, andshows also a part of.

said member;

Figs.r-3, 4L, and 5 are detail views ot the threezprincipal members ofthe means'for attaching the hook to the implement.

Similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in theseveral views.

A designates the beam of an ordinary,

hand plow; B the mold'board of the plow bottom; and H'theweed turningmember. Thisweed turning, member has an angularly disposed end it whichis rigid with the body" of the member, being preferably formed integraltherewith, and this angularly-disposed end forms the'part by which themember is wholly sustained from the plow beam by a clamping means whichis "so constructed and soengaged with said end that, the weed-turningmembermay not only be adjusted "bodily withheference to the clampingmeans but also may be ad usted upon both vertical and'horizontal axesand may be securely fixed in. any of its various" positions ofadjustmentby'the tightening of a single member;

To. this end the clamp includesnafixed. member E, a rotative member Fand an axial member G about which the member F' may be rotated whenfreed for such movement. The fixed member E has means (preferablythosehereinafter set forth) for attaching it to an appropriate part ofthe beam A. The rotative member F has means (preferably the spacedbearings ff f) in I and F of the clamp but is confined against rotativemovement relatively tothe rotative" member F. It is arrangedsubstantially at right angles to the end it of the-weedturning memberand constitutes the member a which when tightened fixes the end it ofthe weed turning member against movement in its bearings e.-relativelyto the member F, and also confines the rotative member F againstmovement away from the fixed member E. The abutting faces of saidmembers E and F are relatively so formed that the tendency of the memberF to rotate in the operation of the device will' be resisted when themember G istightened. It will be understood that when the member G isloosened the member F may be turned rela- 1 tively to the member E andthe end h of the weedturner may be moved within its bearings in saidmember F and member G, and, as already stated, the tightening of saidmember Gr confines the member F and end hagainst such movements.

In the particular exemplification of the invention shown in theaccompanying figures of drawing, the confronting faces of a the membersE and F are formed with interengaging serrations or teeth, 0, f,respectively for preventing axial movement of the member F when thememberG is tight- I ened, and said member F has its outerend formed witha recess, here shown as provided by spaced ears or lugs, f havingopenturning member; and the member G has a flattened end G which isfitted in the recess between the lugs or ears f and confined therebyagainst axial movement relatively to the member F, and said flattenedend has an Opening 9' which registers with the openings f Itsoppositeend, g, is threaded and provided with a fastening nut G It willbe apparent that the end it of the weed turning member extends throughthe opening 9 in the member G as well as through the openings f in themember F. In practice the appliance is preferably secured to the side ofthe'beam A, with the end h of the weed turner disposed upwardly. It isalso preferred to provide the member H with a hook-end h; The member 'Eis rigidly connected to a plate 0 being in practice preferably formedintegral therewith. Thls plate C engages the adjacent face of'the. beamA. A second plate D is provided to engage the opposite face of saidbeam. These plates are connected by bolts 0, having suitable fasteningnuts, not shown. By this means, the entire appliance is secured to thebeam A atany place in the length of the latter, i. e. 'adjustablylongitudinally of the beam.

7 It will be noted that in addition to the adjustment of the weedturning member H toward or away from the mold board, affected byadjusting. the entire appliance along the length of the beam A, saidmember may be adjusted relatively to the members E, F and G of theappliance, by loosening the nut G and then moving the end 71, of themember H in the openings f and g of the members F and G, and againtightening the nut G when the required adjustment has been made. In thisadjustment, the member H is raised or lowered bodily in asubstantiallyvertical plane, when the appliance is connected to the side of the beam.A, as illustrated.

A further adjust ment, by which the hook end h" may be set at difl'erentselected positions from the ground for smaller or larger weeds isafforded when the nut G is loosened, by turning the members F and Grelatively to the member Eand fixing the parts in the required newposition by again tightening the nut. In this adjustment the hook movesupon an arc struck from the axis of the member G as a center. When theangularly disposed end 72. of the member H is pivoted in the members Fand G a still further adjustment of the hook end it is provided for, asthe member H may thenbe turned pivotally in the bearings provided by theopenings f and g in the members F and G. Hence, it will be seen themember H may be readily and easily adjusted toany one of a maximumnumber of difierentpositions in accord with varying requirements, by aSimple and economical structure and correemployed for other uses withoutdeparting I from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

Having thus described the invention what 'I believe to be new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A weed turning appliance, comprising a weed turning member having anangularly disposed end rigid therewith, a rotative clamping memberhaving means. forming a bearing within which said end may be rotated,relatively to the member; an axial member extending through theclampingv member and with which said clamping memberand weed turningmember may be rotated about an axis which is substantially at rightangles to the axis of rotation'of the angularly disposed end of the weedturning member, said axial member having a bearing at one end for theangularly disposed end of the weed turning member and being confinedagainst axial movement relatively to said clamping member and movablelongitudinally within thelatter, a fixed clamping member having meansfor attaching'it to the implement, said axial member also extendingthrough the axis of the fixed member and said fixed and rotativeclamping members having abutting faces provided with elements to engageeach other and hold the rotative member against rotation when soengaged, and means on the axial member to tlghten and loosen it,substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

2. A weed turning appliance comprising a weed turning member having anangularly disposed end rigid therewith, a rotative clamping member, a.fixed clamping member, saidclamping members having abutting facesprovided with elements to engage. each other and hold the rotativemember against having afiattened end fitted in the space between saidlugs to confine it against axial movement relatively to the rotativemember,

and said lugs and flattened end having rotation when so engaged, meansfor attachalined openings through which the angu v larly disposed end ofthe weed turning member extends to receive rotative adjustment 30therefrom and within which said end may be adjusted, relatively to theaxial member and rotative member of the clamp, pivotally upon an axissubstantially at right angle to 5 the axis of rotation of said membersof the clamp and also longitudinally, and means acting through the axialmember to bind the angularly disposed end of the weed turning memberagainst the rotative member of the clamp and to hold the latter memberagainst 10 I GROVER C. FANNING.

